4.24
तदसंख्येयवासनाभिश् चित्रमपि परार्थं संहत्यकारित्वात्
tad asaṃkhyeya-vāsanābhiś citram api parārthaṃ saṃhatya-kāritvāt
The line
That mind, though painted with countless impressions, is for the sake of another, because it acts as a compound.
नेपालीमा
त्यो चित्त असंख्य संस्कारले रँगिए पनि अर्काका लागि हो, किनकि त्यो संयुक्त भएर काम गर्छ।
Where it sits
The conclusion of 4.15–4.24. The mind is real, colored, full of impressions, and not the one for whom it works. 4.25 says that for one who sees the distinction, the cultivating of a story of the self stops.
Split: tat (तत्) + asaṃkhyeya (असंख्येय) + vāsanābhiḥ (वासनाभिः) + citram (चित्रम्) + api (अपि) + parārtham (परार्थम्) + saṃhatya (संहत्य) + kāritvāt (कारित्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. The mind. |
| asaṃkhyeya (असंख्येय) | stem | countless. |
| vāsanābhiḥ (वासनाभिः) | instrumental plural | by impressions. Painted with them. |
| citram (चित्रम्) | nominative singular, neuter | variegated, painted. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even though. |
| parārtham (परार्थम्) | nominative singular, neuter | for the sake of another. |
| saṃhatya (संहत्य) | stem | as a compound. Acting together as an assemblage. |
| kāritvāt (कारित्वात्) | ablative singular | because of being a thing that acts that way. |
The phrases
That mind, though painted with countless impressions, is for the sake of another, because it acts as a compound. vāsanābhiḥ citram (वासनाभिः चित्रम्) is recited vāsanābhiś citram (वासनाभिश् चित्रम्), ḥ (ः) before c (च्). parārtham (परार्थम्) agrees with tat (तत्). The ablative is the because.
A compound, a cart, a house, acts for someone who is not the compound. The mind is that kind of actor. Its sake is another's. The other is puruṣa (पुरुष).
Sanskrit in this line
Instrumental plural -bhiḥ (भिः), “with countless impressions.” api (अपि) concedes the painting and then says the mind is still parārtha (परार्थ). Ablative -tvāt (त्वात्) gives the reason: because its acting is the acting of a compound. saṃhatya (संहत्य) is “having combined.”
Say it back
Say the concession, then the conclusion. Painted, and even so for another.
Next
4.25. For one who sees the distinction, the cultivating of a story of the self stops.